Dito Montiel’s A GUIDE TO RECOGNIZING YOUR SAINTS, a coming-of-age drama inspired by Montiel's mid-eighties youth in Astoria, Queens, exudes the rawness and authenticity of the classic urban dramas MEAN STREETS, SATURDAY NIGHT FEVER, DO THE RIGHT THING and KIDS. Based on his memoir of the same name, GUIDE won both the Dramatic Directing Award and a Special Jury Award for Best Ensemble Performance at the 2006 Sundance Film Festival.
